Plead = Contend, or strive. Note the Figure of speech Exergasia (App-6) in the words "plead", "fight", "take hold", "stand up", "draw out", "stop", "say", &c.; continued in verses: Psa_35:4, Psa_35:5. Psalm probably written during and concerning the times of 1Sa_21:24, 1Sa_21:26-27, but it relates also to David's Son and David's Lord, the Messiah, in view of Psa 22. See the Structure on p. 721. Compare especially verses: Psa_35:15-21 with Mat_26:67. Mar_14:65. Luk_22:63.